Article about the early roads and railroads of Jackson County settlements in and around Kansas City, including the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Wornall Road. "The first [Missouri Pacific] train from St....

The Union Pacific railroad, the first to enter Kansas City, was opened as far as Lawrence, Kansas, in December, 1864. The next to come was the Missouri Pacific, which was opened for business in October,...

Article about "the first railroad built in Missouri," located in Ray County, Missouri and extending from across the Missouri River from Lexington, Missouri to the village of Farmville. Built between 1849...

The first railroad stations in Kansas City: (1) Hannibal & St. Joseph at 12th and Santa Fe Streets in the West Bottoms, in 1869 (the first according to the catalog card). (2) Union Pacific in Wyandotte...

Article about the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, incorporated in 1859 as "the Atchison & Pike's Peak Railway Company" as an extension of "the Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad, the first railway to...

Biographical sketch of "Waltus Locket Watkins [sic]," or Waltus Watkins, a miller of Lawson, Missouri. Born in Kentucky in 1806 and moving to Liberty, Missouri in 1830 as a machinist and cotton factory...